1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/archival/tar.c b/archival/tar.c
index d8889ae19..48d6ce22e 100644
--- a/archival/tar.c
+++ b/archival/tar.c
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ static inline int writeTarFile(const char *tarName, const int verboseFlag,
         }
 
         /* Open the tar file for writing.  */
-        if (tarName == NULL) {
+        if (tarName == NULL || (tarName[0] == '-' && tarName[1] == '\0')) {
                 tbInfo.tarFd = fileno(stdout);
                 tbInfo.verboseFlag = verboseFlag ? 2 : 0;
         } else {